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<h1>Document Editor: Layout area</h1>
<p>The Layout area is in the center of the Document Editor interface and 
 provides the framework for precisely controlling where controls (that 
 is, data fields) are rendered when the document is viewed in HTML mode 
 or printed in PDF. </p>
<p>To add data, drag objects from the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Dataset 
 Objects</B></span> and drop them into this area. Controls are rendered differently 
 depending on what section they are placed in, as described below:</p>
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<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Page Header/Footer</B></span>: 
 prints at the top and bottom of each page. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Document Header/Footer</B></span>: 
 prints at the beginning and end of the document. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Grouping Header/Footer</B></span>: 
 prints one header and footer pair for each field in the Grouping panel; 
 prints surrounding the Detail Header/Footer. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Detail Header/Footer</B></span>: 
 prints immediately before and after each group of Detail sections. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Detail</B></span>: repeats 
 for each row in the dataset as grouped.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You can expand and collapse a section by clicking the plus or minus 
 sign next to the section name. To increase the size of a section on the 
 Layout area, click and drag the bottom boundary of the section. This provides 
 more space as you design the document. Neither process affects the section 
 size or whether controls display when the document is viewed or printed.</p>
<p>The Layout area provides an alignment grid to help you control the placement 
 and alignment of controls. You can change the density of the grid by defining 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Alignment grid density</B></span> in 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Report Services</B></span> preferences 
 in the User Preferences.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: If your layout expands 
 past the width of a single page, a dotted line is displayed to show the 
 page break.</p>
<h3>Related topics</h3>
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<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Creating_a_document_from_scratch.htm">Creating 
 a document from scratch</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Creating_a_document_using_a_template.htm">Creating 
 a document using a template</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Grouping_data.htm">Grouping records in a document</a></p></li>
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